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It was 2007. My best friend had just gotten married. I wore a pink, iridescent, tea length dress along with the other bridesmaids and as I drove home, I called my mom. She was in the car in front of me, and I couldn’t help but go on and on about MY wedding. I hadn’t […]

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I’ve been thinking about this word a lot recently. Remember. Isn’t it just such a cool feature of our minds to be able to look back and picture our past so vividly? We are able conjure up feelings of joy in seconds. I know that everyone has things in their life they’d rather NOT remember, […]

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Chad met his “niece” this past week. I was sure he’d cry because we’re both so emotional when it comes to little babies… He didn’t, but it was still so cute to see my husband holding a newborn. She smiled at him and everyone in the room I melted… Rachel [Ellie’s momma] and Chad have been friends since they […]

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** How We Met** **How We Started Dating** On to the great question”How did he propose?” I ask every one of my couples this because it really tells you something about them! It shares a ton of about what kinds of things they like, how they love, and what they hold dear. I love the […]

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“So how did y’all meet?” Every one asks this question. My “short answer” is that we were both in Invervarsity Christian Fellowship at JMU! Yay! But his is the long story. Part 1 begins where any love story does. When you first laid your eyes upon him… I first remember Chad at a retreat for Intervarsity. […]

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Happy Valentines Day, folks! Chad and I have celebrated this holiday a few ways in the past. Our second Valentine’s day, I was helping at a youth retreat so I decided to postpone our Valentine’s activities to February 27th. And that just to happened to be the day we got engaged! So, if it’s convenient, […]

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A few months ago, my friend Katie asked if Chad and I would model for a shoot she was putting together. I love dressing up and having my hair and make-up done, so I asked my husband with little deer eyes if we could, and he agreed. Honestly, he loves there results of having photos […]

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We have a serious obsession. We can’t stop thinking about these little islands off the pacific coast!! They are far away and new and beautiful and last year, Chad and I and my family took a trip to Maui. I fell in love with them all over again, and it ignited a love in Chad […]

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Yesterday was a day that I’ll look back on for a while. Nothing really crazy happened. Except for that play at the end of the Redskins game… that was a little wacky. But in terms of our marriage, it was just a typical Sunday! We did two things – switched the outlets from beige to […]

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Chad told me yesterday that it had been a month since we were in NYC. Shaking my head and smiling, I knew we were thinking the same thing. That trip will go down as one of our favorites. And honestly, for one particular reason. It was good for us. There are plenty of really great […]

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